84 Best Horror Movies Directed by Women
Discover the rising voices in Certified Fresh horror, from Candyman to Fear Street to The Babadook!
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84 Best Horror Movies Directed by Women
Welcome to our guide of the best-reviewed horror movies directed by women! The first directors to break ground were Stephanie Rothman in the 1970s with cult film The Velvet Vampire, and Kathryn Bigelow in the ’80s with another vampiric film, the neo-Western Near Dark. (Bigelow, of course, would go on to make further history as the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar for Zero Dark Thirty.) Still, it would take many more years for the horror space to truly open up. The ’90s, generally regarded as a weak decade for horror, had no Fresh or Certified Fresh films directed by women. The 2000s saw some pick-up with American Psycho, Amer, and In My Skin.
The 2010s were a watershed decade for horror: The genre became an engine that elevated underserved voices and adroitly exposed societal ills and terrors. Over 30 horror movies directed by women were marked Fresh and Certified Fresh in the 2010s, establishing names like Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid), Julia Ducournau (Raw) and more.
The 2020s continue strong with Leigh Janiak (Fear Street trilogy), Nia DaCosta (Candyman), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance).
We’ll be adding to this list as horror continues to grow and evolve. Now, discover the best horror movies directed by women!
#1
The Babadook (2014)
98%
#1
Adjusted Score: 109900%
Critics Consensus: The Babadook relies on real horror rather than cheap jump scares -- and boasts a heartfelt, genuinely moving story to boot.
Synopsis: Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline...
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Directed By: Jennifer Kent
#2
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
97%
#2
Adjusted Score: 102799%
Critics Consensus: Tigers Are Not Afraid draws on childhood trauma for a story that deftly blends magical fantasy and hard-hitting realism - and leaves a lingering impact.
Synopsis: When a girl's mother disappears leaving her on her own, she goings a gang of street children, leading to a...
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Directed By: Issa López
#3
Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)
97%
#3
Adjusted Score: 101914%
Critics Consensus: A bone-chilling body horror, Huesera offers genre fans a twisted take on What to Expect When You're Expecting.
Synopsis: Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger...
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Directed By: Michelle Garza Cervera
#4
Hellbender (2021)
97%
#4
Adjusted Score: 99719%
Critics Consensus: Hellbender stirs a boiling cauldron of adolescent angst, serving up a coming-of-age story with dark horror overtones.
Synopsis: A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making metal music. A...
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#5
Sissy (2022)
96%
#5
Adjusted Score: 99391%
Critics Consensus: Sissy weaves timely themes into its rich blend of horror and dark humor, topped off by terrific work from a talented cast led by Aisha Dee.
Synopsis: Cecilia and Emma were tween-age BFFs who were going to grow old together and never let anything come between them,...
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#6
Good Manners (2017)
96%
#6
Adjusted Score: 97756%
Critics Consensus: Good Manners adroitly juggles disparate tonal shifts while taking a uniquely smart and sensitive look at female relationships.
Synopsis: A mysterious and wealthy woman hires a lonely nurse named Clara to be the nanny of her soon-to-be born child....
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#7
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
96%
#7
Adjusted Score: 101887%
Critics Consensus: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night blends conventional elements into something brilliantly original -- and serves as a striking calling card for writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour.
Synopsis: Residents of a worn-down Iranian city encounter a skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) who preys on men who disrespect women....
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Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour
#8
The Love Witch (2016)
95%
#8
Adjusted Score: 99882%
Critics Consensus: The Love Witch offers an absorbing visual homage to a bygone era, arranged subtly in service of a thought-provoking meditation on the battle of the sexes.
Synopsis: Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian...
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Directed By: Anna Biller
#9
Most Beautiful Island (2017)
94%
#9
Adjusted Score: 95756%
Critics Consensus: Most Beautiful Island plunges audiences into a little-seen sector of society, with writer-director Ana Asensio's fearless performance leading the way.
Synopsis: An illegal immigrant struggling to begin a new life in New York City is offered a great opportunity, but as...
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Directed By: Ana Asensio
#10
Raw (2016)
93%
#10
Adjusted Score: 102332%
Critics Consensus: Raw's lurid violence and sexuality live up to its title, but they're anchored with an immersive atmosphere and deep symbolism that linger long after the provocative visuals fade.
Synopsis: Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school....
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Directed By: Julia Ducournau
#11
Revenge (2017)
93%
#11
Adjusted Score: 99853%
Critics Consensus: Revenge slices and dices genre tropes, working within an exploitation framework while adding a timely -- yet never less than viscerally thrilling -- feminist spin.
Synopsis: Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend -- until his two sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced...
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Directed By: Coralie Fargeat
#12
Hatching (2022)
93%
#12
Adjusted Score: 99845%
Critics Consensus: A message movie in a hard horror shell, Hatching perches between beauty and revulsion -- and establishes director Hanna Bergholm as a bright new talent.
Synopsis: In HATCHING, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog 'Lovely Everyday Life'...
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Directed By: Hanna Bergholm
#13
Saint Maud (2019)
92%
#13
Adjusted Score: 101798%
Critics Consensus: A brilliantly unsettling blend of body horror and psychological thriller, Saint Maud marks an impressive debut for writer-director Rose Glass.
Synopsis: The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and...
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Directed By: Rose Glass
#14
Relic (2020)
92%
#14
Adjusted Score: 105613%
Critics Consensus: Relic ratchets up its slowly building tension in an expertly crafted atmosphere of dread, adding up to an outstanding feature debut for director/co-writer Natalie Erika James.
Synopsis: A woman links her mother's increasingly volatile behavior to an evil presence at their family's decaying country home....
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Directed By: Natalie Erika James
#15
Prevenge (2016)
92%
#15
Adjusted Score: 95450%
Critics Consensus: As ambitious as it is daringly transgressive, Prevenge should thrill fans of pitch-black horror-comedy -- and open untold opportunities for writer/director/star Alice Lowe.
Synopsis: A pregnant woman kills an assortment of people....
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Directed By: Alice Lowe
#16
Piggy (2022)
91%
#16
Adjusted Score: 95972%
Critics Consensus: Brought hauntingly to life by Laura Galán's committed performance, Piggy deftly deploys genre thrills in service of sharp social commentary.
Synopsis: With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent's butcher shop. A...
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Directed By: Carlota Pereda
#17
Nanny (2022)
91%
#17
Adjusted Score: 98666%
Critics Consensus: Led by Anna Diop's strong central performance, the smartly disquieting Nanny is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu.
Synopsis: In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to...
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Directed By: Nikyatu Jusu
#18
The Substance (2024)
90%
#18
Adjusted Score: 110758%
Critics Consensus: Audaciously gross, wickedly clever, and possibly Demi Moore's finest hour, The Substance is a gasp-inducing feat from writer-director Coralie Fargeat.
Synopsis: Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this...
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Directed By: Coralie Fargeat
#19
We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)
90%
#19
Adjusted Score: 95737%
Critics Consensus: Narratively challenging and visually haunting, We're All Going to the World's Fair adds a uniquely ambitious and unsettling entry to the crowded coming-of-age genre.
Synopsis: Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey (Anna Cobb in her feature debut) sits alone in...
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Directed By: Jane Schoenbrun
#20
The Devil's Bath (2024)
90%
#20
Adjusted Score: 93355%
Critics Consensus: A squirm-inducing period piece that locates true horror in both mind and spirit, The Devil's Bath might be Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz's most chilling directorial effort yet.
Synopsis: In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon...
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#21
Deadstream (2022)
90%
#21
Adjusted Score: 92571%
Critics Consensus: Proof that there's still life in the found-footage gimmick, Deadstream is a scarily good bit of B-movie fun.
Synopsis: After a public controversy left him disgraced and demonetized, a washed up internet personality tries to win back his followers...
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#22
Titane (2021)
90%
#22
Adjusted Score: 102797%
Critics Consensus: Thrillingly provocative and original, Titane reaffirms writer-director Julia Ducournau's delightfully disturbing vision.
Synopsis: Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due...
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Directed By: Julia Ducournau
#23
The Stylist (2020)
90%
#23
Adjusted Score: 91579%
Critics Consensus: A slasher with flair and crafty patience for the kill, The Stylist marks writer-director Jill Gevargizian as an uncommonly sharp genre filmmaker.
Synopsis: We all dream of being someone else... but for Claire (Najarra Townsend, Contracted), that dream goes from an obsession to...
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Directed By: Jill Gevargizian
#24
The Invitation (2015)
90%
#24
Adjusted Score: 95064%
Critics Consensus: The Invitation makes brilliant use of its tension-rich premise to deliver a uniquely effective -- and surprisingly clever -- slow-building thriller.
Synopsis: While attending a dinner party at his former house, a man starts to believe that his ex-wife and her new...
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Directed By: Karyn Kusama
#25
Censor (2021)
89%
#25
Adjusted Score: 97054%
Critics Consensus: Occasionally uneven but bold and viscerally effective, Censor marks a bloody good step forward for British horror.
Synopsis: Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled...
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Directed By: Prano Bailey-Bond
#26
You Are Not My Mother (2021)
89%
#26
Adjusted Score: 92311%
Critics Consensus: Smartly creepy, You Are Not My Mother engages with a number of thought-provoking themes without sacrificing chills.
Synopsis: It's the week before Halloween. Char's bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car...
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Directed By: Kate Dolan
#27
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)
88%
#27
Adjusted Score: 92389%
Critics Consensus: Fear Street Part Three: 1666 sends the slasher series back in time for a trilogy-concluding installment that caps things off on a screaming high note.
Synopsis: The origins of Sarah Fier's curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the...
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Directed By: Leigh Janiak
#28
Watcher (2022)
88%
#28
Adjusted Score: 95842%
Critics Consensus: Although its story may lack surprises, Watcher benefits from director Chloe Okuno's chilling grip on the material -- and Maika Monroe's terrific work in the leading role.
Synopsis: As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia -- a young actress who just moved to town with her boyfriend...
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Directed By: Chloe Okuno
#29
Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)
87%
#29
Adjusted Score: 91874%
Critics Consensus: A smart and subversive twist on slasher horror, Fear Street Part II: 1978 shows that summer camp has never been scarier thanks to stellar performances from Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, and Ryan Simpkins.
Synopsis: Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider...
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Directed By: Leigh Janiak
#30
Cargo (2017)
87%
#30
Adjusted Score: 90455%
Critics Consensus: Cargo takes a refreshingly character-driven approach to the zombie genre that's further distinguished by its Australian setting and Martin Freeman's terrific lead performance.
Synopsis: Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected father desperately seeks a new home for...
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#31
Glorious (2022)
87%
#31
Adjusted Score: 89630%
Critics Consensus: With thought-provoking themes lurking beneath its absurd premise, Glorious is a brightly blood-spattered genre treat from director Rebekah McKendry.
Synopsis: A heartbroken man finds himself trapped in a bathroom with a strange voice who says he may be the only...
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Directed By: Rebekah McKendry
#32
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
86%
#32
Adjusted Score: 98934%
Critics Consensus: Impeccably cast and smartly written, Bodies Bodies Bodies is an uncommonly well-done whodunit.
Synopsis: When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry...
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Directed By: Halina Reijn
#33
Soft & Quiet (2022)
85%
#33
Adjusted Score: 87806%
Critics Consensus: A painfully timely horror-fueled thriller, Soft & Quiet forces the viewer to confront the ugly underbelly of modern American race relations.
Synopsis: Playing out in real time, SOFT & QUIET is a runaway train that follows a single afternoon in the life...
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Directed By: Beth de Araújo
#34
Goodnight Mommy (2014)
85%
#34
Adjusted Score: 91606%
Critics Consensus: Dark, violent, and drenched in dread, Goodnight Mommy is perfect for extreme horror enthusiasts -- or filmgoers who prefer to watch between splayed fingers.
Synopsis: Twin boys who do everything together, from collecting beetles to feeding stray cats, welcome their mother home after her reconstructive...
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#35
Candyman (2021)
84%
#35
Adjusted Score: 101167%
Critics Consensus: Candyman takes an incisive, visually thrilling approach to deepening the franchise's mythology -- and terrifying audiences along the way.
Synopsis: For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost...
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Directed By: Nia DaCosta
#36
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
84%
#36
Adjusted Score: 98779%
Critics Consensus: With a distinctive visual aesthetic that enhances its emotionally resonant narrative, I Saw the TV Glow further establishes writer-director Jane Schoenbrun as a rising talent.
Synopsis: Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a...
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Directed By: Jane Schoenbrun
#37
She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
84%
#37
Adjusted Score: 94727%
Critics Consensus: Formally provocative and emotionally raw, She Dies Tomorrow confirms writer-director Amy Seimetz as a filmmaker with a unique -- and timely -- vision.
Synopsis: A woman's conviction that she will die tomorrow spreads like a contagion through a town....
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Directed By: Amy Seimetz
#38
Medusa (2021)
84%
#38
Adjusted Score: 85964%
Critics Consensus: A stylish and well-acted tonal blend, Medusa confronts religious hypocrisy and sexism with invigorating anger.
Synopsis: Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but...
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Directed By: Anita Rocha da Silveira
#39
Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)
84%
#39
Adjusted Score: 89359%
Critics Consensus: Fear Street Part One: 1994 kicks off the trilogy in promising fashion, honoring the source material with plenty of retro slasher appeal.
Synopsis: A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued...
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Directed By: Leigh Janiak
#40
Near Dark (1987)
83%
#40
Adjusted Score: 89933%
Critics Consensus: Near Dark is at once a creepy vampire film, a thrilling western, and a poignant family tale, with humor and scares in abundance.
Synopsis: Cowboy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets gorgeous Mae (Jenny Wright) at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction....
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Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow
#41
The Wind (2018)
83%
#41
Adjusted Score: 86098%
Critics Consensus: Imperfect yet intriguing, The Wind offers horror fans an admirably ambitious story further distinguished by its fresh perspective and effective scares.
Synopsis: Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization...
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Directed By: Emma Tammi
#42
Scare Package (2019)
82%
#42
Adjusted Score: 83450%
Critics Consensus: Some of its contents are more entertaining than others, but genre fans should still find this Scare Package well worth opening.
Synopsis: Seven filmmakers present seven terrifying and comedic tales of horror....
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#43
Perpetrator (2023)
81%
#43
Adjusted Score: 83704%
Critics Consensus: A smartly ambitious supernatural thriller, Perpetrator blends an assortment of genres and influences into a bloody good time.
Synopsis: Jonny Baptiste (Kiah McKirnan) is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie (Alicia Silverstone). On her...
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Directed By: Jennifer Reeder
#44
Clock (2023)
80%
#44
Adjusted Score: 81449%
Critics Consensus: While Clock may strain some viewers' suspension of disbelief, it's a mostly effective attempt to view reproductive pressures through a chilling horror lens.
Synopsis: "Clock" is the story of a woman who enrolls in a clinical trial to try and fix her seemingly broken...
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Directed By: Alexis Jacknow
#45
12 Hour Shift (2020)
77%
#45
Adjusted Score: 80850%
Critics Consensus: Sharp, twisted, and darkly funny, 12 Hour Shift is an uncommonly clever heist caper with a refreshing female-focused twist.
Synopsis:
It’s 1998 and over the course of one night at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin and...
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Directed By: Brea Grant
#46
Tales of Halloween (2015)
77%
#46
Adjusted Score: 78771%
Critics Consensus: Tales of Halloween boasts a number of fun scares and is overall more consistent than many horror anthology films, even if it isn't quite as dark or nasty as the classics of the genre.
Synopsis: Ten short stories revolve around ghosts, ghouls, monsters, the devil, aliens, and ax murderers who terrorize a suburb on Halloween...
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#47
V/H/S/99 (2022)
76%
#47
Adjusted Score: 78161%
Critics Consensus: Like most anthologies, V/H/S/99 has its ups and downs -- but more often than not, this collection of shorts continues the franchise's recent creative rebound.
Synopsis: V/H/S/99 harkens back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the...
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#48
Honeymoon (2014)
76%
#48
Adjusted Score: 78032%
Critics Consensus: Smart, stylish, and nail-bitingly tense, Honeymoon packs more slow-building horror than many bigger-budget productions.
Synopsis: A honeymooning bride (Rose Leslie) goes sleepwalking into the woods surrounding a secluded cabin. When she returns she looks the...
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Directed By: Leigh Janiak
#49
Master (2022)
75%
#49
Adjusted Score: 83427%
Critics Consensus: It can be didactic rather than truly suspenseful, but Master is an impressively well-crafted horror outing with a lot on its mind.
Synopsis: At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three women strive to find...
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Directed By: Mariama Diallo
#50
The Lodge (2019)
75%
#50
Adjusted Score: 84185%
Critics Consensus: Led by an impressive Riley Keough performance, The Lodge should prove a suitably unsettling destination for fans of darkly atmospheric horror.
Synopsis: During a family retreat to a remote winter cabin over the holidays, the father is forced to abruptly depart for...
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#51
Handling the Undead (2024)
75%
#51
Adjusted Score: 79712%
Critics Consensus: A grounded zombie picture with emotional bite, Handling the Undead shuffles along at a patient pace but succeeds as a poignant and thoughtful addition to the genre.
Synopsis: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their...
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Directed By: Thea Hvistendahl
#52
Berlin Syndrome (2017)
73%
#52
Adjusted Score: 77041%
Critics Consensus: Berlin Syndrome offers thriller fans an uncommonly well-written descent into dangerous obsession, enlivened by taut direction and a committed performance from Teresa Palmer.
Synopsis: A disturbed teacher holds a young photographer captive in his Berlin apartment after bringing her home for a night of...
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Directed By: Cate Shortland
#53
T-Blockers (2023)
100%
#53
Adjusted Score: 77654%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In small-town Australia, a nightmare is brewing. Sophie is a young filmmaker obsessed with finding a thought-to-be long-lost film. Meanwhile,...
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Directed By: Alice Maio Mackay
#54
#55
Somewhere Quiet (2023)
92%
#55
Adjusted Score: 71466%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Months after escaping a brutal kidnapping, Meg travels with her husband, Scott, to his family's isolated compound in Cape Cod,...
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Directed By: Olivia West Lloyd
#56
Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023)
90%
#56
Adjusted Score: 91330%
Critics Consensus: Effectively playing on fundamental fears, Lovely, Dark, and Deep is a creepy calling card for debuting director Teresa Sutherland that's further distinguished by Georgina Campbell's haunting performance.
Synopsis: Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that...
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Directed By: Teresa Sutherland
#57
Torn Hearts (2022)
89%
#57
Adjusted Score: 89639%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Blumhouse Television and EPIX present the cautionary tale of a rise to stardom set in the iconic Nashville Country Music...
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Directed By: Brea Grant
#58
Trim Season (2023)
89%
#58
Adjusted Score: 89075%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Jobless and searching for purpose, Emma and a group of young people from Los Angeles drive up the coast to...
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Directed By: Ariel Vida
#59
Blood Punch (2013)
89%
#59
Adjusted Score: 40309%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A young man becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle....
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Directed By: Madellaine Paxson
#60
#61
The Retaliators (2021)
86%
#61
Adjusted Score: 87371%
Critics Consensus: It may not offer much they haven't seen before, but strong-stomached exploitation enthusiasts will savor The Retaliators.
Synopsis: In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's...
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#62
You're Killing Me (2023)
86%
#62
Adjusted Score: 35961%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: "You're Killing Me" follows Eden Murphy (McKaley Miller), who goes to a coveted 'Heaven and Hell' party, hoping to get...
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#63
Bleed with Me (2020)
83%
#63
Adjusted Score: 83412%
Critics Consensus: An auspicious debut for writer-director Amelia Moses, the smartly restrained Bleed with Me taps a rich vein of psychological horror.
Synopsis: Bleed With Me is a psychological horror film that explores the intersections of admiration, compulsion, and obsession. Rowan, a vulnerable...
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Directed By: Amelia Moses
#64
Unseen (2023)
82%
#64
Adjusted Score: 82015%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Two women form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Jolene Purdy), receives a call from Emily...
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Directed By: Yoko Okumura
#65
M.F.A. (2017)
80%
#65
Adjusted Score: 80465%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The accidental death of her rapist sets an art student on a course for justice, fueling the inspiration for her...
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Directed By: Natalia Leite
#66
Caddo Lake (2024)
81%
#66
Adjusted Score: 82283%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a...
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#67
Follow Her (2022)
79%
#67
Adjusted Score: 79405%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Jess (Dani Barker) has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy interactions she encounters via online job listings, and using...
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Directed By: Sylvia Caminer
#68
#69
Shapeless (2021)
76%
#69
Adjusted Score: 76133%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Ivy, a struggling singer in New Orleans trapped in the hidden underworld of her eating disorder, must face her addiction...
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Directed By: Samantha Aldana
#70
ABCs of Death 2 (2014)
73%
#70
Adjusted Score: 73696%
Critics Consensus: ABCs of Death 2 delivers some inventively gory thrills, offering a surprising (albeit still somewhat uneven) upgrade over its predecessor.
Synopsis: Twenty-six filmmakers from around the globe helm stories that detail 26 ways to meet your maker, each one corresponding to...
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#71
Amulet (2020)
72%
#71
Adjusted Score: 76956%
Critics Consensus: If its chilly sense of dread never quite becomes spine-tingling terror, Amulet remains smart, solidly disquieting fun for genre fans seeking slow-building horror.
Synopsis: Terror strikes when a former soldier takes a job to help a young woman and her housebound mother....
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Directed By: Romola Garai
#72
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
71%
#72
Adjusted Score: 71409%
Critics Consensus: Nothing Bad Can Happen uses its protagonist's punishing ordeal to pose questions about faith that are well worth considering, even if the film can't quite answer them.
Synopsis: A pious teen (Julius Feldmeier) endures torture at the hands of a sadistic couple (Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl) because...
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Directed By: Katrin Gebbe
#73
The Velvet Vampire (1971)
71%
#73
Adjusted Score: 71839%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A couple becomes the target of a vampires' seductions....
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Directed By: Stephanie Rothman
#74
XX (2017)
69%
#74
Adjusted Score: 71751%
Critics Consensus: XX's array of distinct female filmmaking voices -- and the empowerment their collection represents -- offer enough thrills to make up for the overall uneven quality that plagues most anthology projects.
Synopsis: Filmmakers Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama present four horrific tales of terror. In "The Box," a...
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#75
American Psycho (2000)
68%
#75
Adjusted Score: 74079%
Critics Consensus: If it falls short of the deadly satire of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, American Psycho still finds its own blend of horror and humor, thanks in part to a fittingly creepy performance by Christian Bale.
Synopsis: In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as...
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Directed By: Mary Harron
#76
Darlin' (2019)
68%
#76
Adjusted Score: 68726%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A feral teenage girl is taken into strict Catholic church care and prepared for her First Holy Communion....
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Directed By: Pollyanna McIntosh
#77
Kiss of the Damned (2012)
68%
#77
Adjusted Score: 68752%
Critics Consensus: This one bites in a mostly good way: Kiss of the Damned is an erotic gorefest reminiscent of gaudy '70s horror flicks, presented in plain packaging and not meant for direct sunlight.
Synopsis: When a handsome young writer falls for a gorgeous, seductive vampire, their wild romance seems destined for the ages --...
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Directed By: Xan Cassavetes
#78
In My Skin (2002)
66%
#78
Adjusted Score: 66710%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A Parisian marketing professional, Esther (Marina de Van) has a gruesome secret. She's been obsessed with the damage she can...
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Directed By: Marina de Van
#79
Dark Touch (2013)
64%
#79
Adjusted Score: 35425%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In a remote Irish village, police are called to the scene of a massacre, but they ignore the lone survivor's...
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Directed By: Marina de Van
#80
Satanic Panic (2019)
64%
#80
Adjusted Score: 66563%
Critics Consensus: It isn't terribly devilish or particularly pulse-quickening, but Satanic Panic remains an entertaining midnight movie that forgiving genre enthusiasts will enjoy.
Synopsis: A minimum-wage delivery girl is forced into a night-long battle with the affluent leaders of a suburban community after discovering...
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Directed By: Chelsea Stardust
#81
Departing Seniors (2023)
63%
#81
Adjusted Score: 63135%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Mexican-American and queer, high school student Javier doesn't exactly fit in with the popular kids. But he might be the...
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Directed By: Clare Cooney
#82
Nocturne (2020)
63%
#82
Adjusted Score: 65622%
Critics Consensus: Nocturne's thought-provoking themes find themselves at odds with its genre ingredients, resulting in a mild blend that isn't quite pulpy enough.
Synopsis: Inside the halls of an elite arts academy, a timid music student begins to outshine her more accomplished and outgoing...
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Directed By: Zu Quirke
#83
American Mary (2012)
62%
#83
Adjusted Score: 63679%
Critics Consensus: It suffers a bit from some uneven acting and an underwhelming climax, but American Mary utilizes pitch black humor and striking visuals to deliver gory, freaky thrills for body horror enthusiasts.
Synopsis: Mary Mason (Katharine Isabelle) is lured into a world of freakish surgeries for easy money....
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#84
There's Something Wrong with the Children (2023)
62%
#84
Adjusted Score: 63031%
Critics Consensus: Conceptually strong but uneven in execution, There's Something Wrong with the Children is a serviceable horror movie that could have been much more.
Synopsis: When Margaret (Alisha Wainwright) and Ben (Zach Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos)...
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Directed By: Roxanne Benjamin
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